SALEM — New permanent rules related to how consumer-owned utilities should implement Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions standard for power purchases go into effect today. A copy of the rules can be found on the Oregon Department of Energy’s website at: http://orclimatechange.gov/

The new permanent rules are a result of Senate Bill 101 (2009). That bill also directed the Oregon Public Utility Commission to develop similar rules for investor-owned utilities and electricity service suppliers.

In particular, the new ODOE rules provide guidance for:

An output-based methodology for calculating greenhouse gases,

How electricity with no identified generation source will be addressed, and

A process for determining how facilities would be designated as a “low-carbon resource” in the future and be eligible for meeting the greenhouse gas standards.